Unions, Work-Related Training, and Wages: Evidence for British Men

Posted: 6 Jan 2004

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Alison L. Booth

Australian National University (ANU) - Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Marco Francesconi

University of Essex; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Gylfi Zoega

University of Iceland; University of London - Birkbeck College; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Abstract

Using data for the years 1991-96 from the British Household Panel Survey, the authors investigate how union coverage affected work-related training and how the union-training link affected wages and wage growth for a sample of full-time men. Relative to non-covered workers, union-covered workers were more likely to receive training and also received more days of training. Among workers who received training, those with union coverage enjoyed greater returns to training and higher wage growth than did those without. While some of these results have been found in previous studies, others are new. The wage results, in particular, suggest a need for rethinking the conventional view that union wage formation in Britain reduces the incentives to acquire work-related training.

Keywords: Training, unions and training, unions training and wages, work related training

JEL Classification: J31, J51, E24

Suggested Citation

Booth, Alison L. and Francesconi, Marco and Zoega, Gylfi, Unions, Work-Related Training, and Wages: Evidence for British Men. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=470786

Alison L. Booth

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Gylfi Zoega

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